Asus PRIME Z390-A

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	79.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	272% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z390-A (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200221
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 11 '21 at 23:23
Run Duration	229 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700K-$186 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	97.4% Outstanding	Memory 96 1-Core 137 2-Core 274 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 532 8-Core 820 84% 676 Pts	64-Core 1,032 64% 1,032 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 471.11 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.9% Very good	Lighting 100 Reflection 103 Parallax 95.6 82% 99.5 fps	MRender 93.5 Gravity 95.8 Splatting 92.5 77% 93.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$98 276,089 User benchmarks, average bench 394% 201GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QGXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1455 1259 1071 1010 944 900 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	272% Outstanding	Read 2402 Write 2,246 Mixed 1,573 SusWrite 1,106 410% 1,832 MB/s	4K Read 43.6 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 59.2 207% 75.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,135 DQ Write 857 DQ Mixed 942 719% 978 MB/s
Poor: 274% ↑ This bench: 272% Great: 488%
OCZ Vertex 4 256GB-$400 12,355 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 88GB free Firmware: 1.5.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 417 411 411 411 402 407 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	96% Outstanding	Read 371 Write 422 Mixed 255 SusWrite 410 82% 365 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 88.4 4K Mixed 36.2 138% 51.4 MB/s	DQ Read 324 DQ Write 297 DQ Mixed 298 227% 306 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 106%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 122GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 59 60 59 60 59 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	32.6% Below average	Read 54.5 Write 62.6 Mixed 58.9 SusWrite 58.9 44% 58.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 128% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 32.6% Great: 67%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$30 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 931GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 185 185 186 185 184 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 175 Mixed 35.6 SusWrite 184 103% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.6 139% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$63 346,786 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	93.8% Outstanding	MC Read 37.2 MC Write 35.8 MC Mixed 25.8 94% 32.9 GB/s	SC Read 20 SC Write 39.2 SC Mixed 29.3 84% 29.5 GB/s	Latency 53.8 74% 53.8 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 110%

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Gaming 144%

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 132%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z390-A - $175

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $252Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	9,147x
Core i9-9900KIntel $412Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	6,184x
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	4,119x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,957x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,881x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,601x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	1,555x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	1,321x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1,121x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	1,267x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	929x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	928x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $985

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16